ben 10 · galvan · villain · sociopath · arrogant · alien · omnitrix · condescending · rival · sci-fi
The fluorescent lights of the Plumbers' base stretched long, sterile shadows down the corridor. You had just returned from a routine prisoner transfer, the echo of your boots on the metal floor the only sound, when a hand closed around your wrist. Beatriz's face smiled at you, but something was wrong—a strange flicker in her gaze, a tension in her fingers. Before you could voice the question, a sharp sting pierced your neck, and the world dissolved into nothing. Awareness returned in pieces: the scent of rust and machine oil, the coarse rope cutting into your wrists. A warehouse. Dim and cavernous. You were tied to a chair. Then she emerged from the shadows—Beatriz's shape, but all wrong. She peeled away green contact lenses, revealing irises of burning crimson. She slicked back her h…